Target-light for guns.



man M F. W. FORRESTER.

TARGET LIGHT POB. GUNS.

APPLIoATIoN FILED SEPT. z3, 1912. n r

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FRED W. FORRESTER, 0F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

TARGET-LIGHT FOR GUNS.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED W. Fonnns'rnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Target-Lights for Guns, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fire arms and more especially to the use of fire arms at night, and the principal object is to provide a fire arm with an illuminating device, whereby a target is illuminated at the time when it is desired to re the gun.

It is a further object to provide means for adjusting the light and to project the light upon the target together with controlling means at the stock of the gun operated by the pressure of the grasp of the hand of the marksman. l

In the drawings accompanying this speelfication Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the invention applied to a revolver, a portion of the frame of the revolver being broken away to the operating portions clearly. Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic view showing how the light is thrown to the point where the bullet will strike, the rays centering on the target. Fig. 3 is an end view of the muzzle of the revolver clearly showing the screen or centering ring on the lamp globe. Fig. 4 is an enlarged longitudinal section through the lamp supporting block showing the method of adjusting the latter. Fig. 5 is a cross section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Heretofore in the operation of firearms in a dark room or after night where there is no illumination, difficulty has been experienced in properly locating the object or target to be shot at, and any illuminant carried by the marksman results in danger to the latter.

This invention overcomes the above difliculties by providing an intermittent illumination of small character and of great density which does not illuminate the marksman, but the target exclusively, especially adaptable to protecting one from the assaults of burglars, who more commonly 0perate in a darkened locality.

More specifically in the drawings 6 designates the stock of a revolver en which is pivotally mounted the barrel 7, which 1s provided with an extension 8 along its lower edge in which is located the channel 9 pref- Patented Aug. 19,1 913.

Serial No. 721,750.

erably flared out by the walls 10 at the muzzle end to form a chamber large enough to receive the lamp mounting 11. This lamp mounting 1l is provided with a socket l2 in which is screwed the electric globe 13, on the outer surface of which is formed the ray centering ring 14. The lamp holder 11 is preferably formed of insulating material provided with the spherical peripheral bearing edges 15 which are adapted to lit into a similar sphericallv formed annular recess in the walls 10 and the threaded plug 16. The walls 10 of the recess are internally threaded to receive this screw threaded plug 16 which is a hollow cylindrical structure adapted to secure the lamp holder and form al protective inclosure for the lamp itself. This plug is preferably placed with its opening preferably just back of t-he muzzle of the gun, suitable screw driver slots 17 being provided by which the required adjustment can be obtained, loosening the plug and shifting the lamp holder. To positively secure the lamp holder 11 in its desired position, the locking screw 18 is provided which is threaded into the walls 10 engaging with the peripheral bearing surface of the lamp holder.

The stock 6 of the revolver is provided with a recess in its hand grip, the front and butt of this portion of the gun beingcut out forming slots, the lower opening being of sufhcient size to allow the introduction of the dry battery 20 of the ordinary commercial type into the recess. The closure 21 is preferably a slide adapted to slide in grooves cut adjacent to the opening, the slide being provided with the out-turned end 22 to form a grip or handle to slide the cover. The forward slot is lled by the pivoted grip section 23, pivoted at the upper end to the pivot 24, these parts being so situated that the section 22 projects beyond the side walls of the grip, so that when the latter is grasped and pressure is exerted against the action of the spring contact 25, the spring is pressed in contact with the usual contact 26 on the lower portion of the battery 20. A similar contact 27 situated at the opposite-end of the battery makes contact with the contact plate 28 mounted on an insulated plate in the upper end of the recess. Suitable connecting wires 29 and 30 connect these parts respectively wit-h contacts adapted to engage with the usual terminal members to the lamp. 'II/hess wires are necessarily of such length as to allow the movement of the barrel 7 upon its pivot to the stock portion of the revolver, the lportion 8 being cut out to clear the wires when the revolver is broken. Vire 29 connects the contact plate 28 with the contact 31 secured in the lamp holder j 11, the wire connecting the spring 25 with the socket 32 of the lamp holder. To carry these wires from their terminal points in the butt of the revolver, the channel 23 is provided so that the wires are entirely inclosed within the component members of the gun, and protected from injury.

It will thus be seen from the description above that the central rays of light issuing from the oriiice in the screen centering ring 14 may be adjusted to throw their rays entirely to the conveyant point, the required distance at which the target is located and the bullet will strike the object to be red at, the other portions of the light rays being diffused and illuminating the vicinity of the target, giving slight clue to the position of the marksman using the fire arm.

Vhat I claim is:

1. A target illuminator for firearms, comprising a lamp holding shell formed integral with said firearm, a lamp holder universally mounted therein, an electric lamp held by said holder, a lens carried by said lamp having an opaque ring at its vertex adapted to cast a shadow around a target spot, an electric battery mounted in the stock of said firearm, means connecting said battery with said lamp, and a switch for controlling said lamp.

2. A firearm having a lamp holding shell formed near the muzzle of said arm, said arm having a battery recess formed in its stock, an electric battery detachably held in said recess, a lamp holder spherically mounted in said shell to provide universal adjustment therefor, a threaded plug adapted to secure said holder in place, an electric lamp held in said holder, a grip switch piv otally attached to said stock, wires connecting said battery with said lamp, and a lens mounted on said lamp having an opaque ring at its vertex for securing coincidence of trajectory of the central rays of light from said lamp at a predetermined distance.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 11th day of September, 1912.

FRED XV. FORRESTER.

Vitnesses:

W. P. KEENE, EARLE R. POLLARD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

